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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Boeing 747-451 · Honolulu, HI · April 13, 2013

Date
April 13, 2013 · 09:00 local
Place
Honolulu, HI
Airport
Honolulu International Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
DALA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N667US
Reported as
Boeing 747-451
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PW4000 series
People aboard
168
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On decent, the aircraft encountered turbulence a few minutes after the aircraft entered a cloud layer. The flight attendants were in the galley and aisles preparing for landing. The flight attendant in the aft galley was securing carts when they encountered turbulence. The flight attendant flew into the air and came down on her ankle, fracturing it.

As the FAA filed it

ON DECENT, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A CLOUD LAYER. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WERE IN THE GALLEY AND AISLES PREPARING FOR LANDING. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN THE AFT GALLEY WAS SECURING CARTS WHEN THEY ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT FLEW INTO THE AIR AND CAME DOWN ON HER ANKLE, FRACTURING IT.

Other reports on N667US · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.